by admin | Jul 11, 2018 | 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 06. IDAHO FLY FISHING, 07. YELLOWSTONE PARK FLY FISHING, Henry's Fork, Madison River, Match The Hatch, Yellowstone River
Drunella flavilinea, commonly known as the Flav, is the smaller, lesser known, and often misidentified cousin of the Green Drake, Drunella grandis. What this mayfly lacks in notoriety it more than makes up for in importance as a food source for Yellowstone Country...
by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | Flies and Fly Tying
Originator: Joe Moore, BSA Co-owner Hook: TMC 100 or equivalent, #14, or 16 Thread: Tail: Pheasant tail filbers and Z-yarn, Tan Abdomen: Pheasant tail Thorax: Ice Dub, Shrimp Pink Wing: Widows Web, Light Tan Hackle: Brown Notes: A few years ago, while guiding the...
by admin | Jun 27, 2018 | 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, Match The Hatch
Photo: Kurt Schirmer / Troutnut.com If you had to pick only one hatch to know and understand in Yellowstone Country it would undoubtedly be the Pale Morning Dun (“PMD”). This group of mayflies is found on every piece of moving water that holds trout, as well as some...
by Justin Spence | Jun 25, 2018 | 02. NEWS & EVENTS, 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, Fly Casting
Beginning July 5th, BSA will be hosting ORVIS Fly Fishing 101 classes at the fly shop on Thursday nights. These 2-hour-long introductions are a great way to get started in fly fishing and learn the basics of gear, casting, entomology and flies, and knot tying. Space...
by admin | Jun 18, 2018 | 03. TECHNIQUES & STREAMCRAFT, 04. GEAR REVIEWS
On many warm summer weekends you can find me out one of my favorite lakes, casting flies for trout. I particularly enjoy the long casts and relaxed pace of cast and retrieve angling with either floating or intermediate lines, searching likely parts of the lake with a...
by admin | Jun 12, 2018 | 06. IDAHO FLY FISHING, Flies and Fly Tying, Henry's Fork
Originator: Joe Moore, BSA Co-owner Hook: TMC 100 or equivalent, #10 Thread: Tail: Moose body hair Butt Dubbing: Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing, Olive Abdomen: Goose or Turkey Biot, Olive Wing: Widows Web, Light Tan Hackle: Grizzly dyed olive Notes: When we first opened...